Nathan Whitlock
@nathanwhitlock.bsky.social
Author, professor, podcaster, drummer, dad.
www.nathanwhitlock.ca/
www.nathanwhitlock.ca/
Author who interviews authors interviewed by author who interviews authors.
Antonio Michael Downing is the author of the memoir Saga Boy the children’s book Stars in My Crown, and the novel Black Cherokee, and is the current host of CBC Radio’s The Next Chapter.
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Antonio Michael Downing is the author of the memoir Saga Boy the children’s book Stars in My Crown, and the novel Black Cherokee, and is the current host of CBC Radio’s The Next Chapter.
Listen:
Antonio Michael Downing
Podcast Episode · What Happened Next: a podcast about newish books · 02/02/2026 · 27m
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February 6, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Author who interviews authors interviewed by author who interviews authors.
Antonio Michael Downing is the author of the memoir Saga Boy the children’s book Stars in My Crown, and the novel Black Cherokee, and is the current host of CBC Radio’s The Next Chapter.
Listen:
Antonio Michael Downing is the author of the memoir Saga Boy the children’s book Stars in My Crown, and the novel Black Cherokee, and is the current host of CBC Radio’s The Next Chapter.
Listen:
All 5 of mine have singers who look like this:
February 4, 2026 at 12:53 PM
All 5 of mine have singers who look like this:
It's cold out again. So listen to this.
VERCKYS & ORCHESTRE VÉVÉ - Bassala Hot
YouTube video by AnalogAfrica
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February 4, 2026 at 12:44 PM
It's cold out again. So listen to this.
WhatsApp offering to have its in-built AI interpret my wife's messages to me is a bad joke, both in the sense of it being something a hacky comedian would riff on for 5 minutes, but also in the sense that "See you soon, love you" would require bleeding-edge tech to suss out the meaning of.
February 3, 2026 at 11:24 PM
WhatsApp offering to have its in-built AI interpret my wife's messages to me is a bad joke, both in the sense of it being something a hacky comedian would riff on for 5 minutes, but also in the sense that "See you soon, love you" would require bleeding-edge tech to suss out the meaning of.
The reason I don't engage with Louis CK stuff anymore is NOT because I suddenly discovered in late 2017 that he was never funny in the first place.
one thing that would be cool, when prominent creators turn out to be terrible people, would be if we didn't have to go through this performative dance of insisting that their work was never good in the first place.
February 3, 2026 at 6:06 PM
The reason I don't engage with Louis CK stuff anymore is NOT because I suddenly discovered in late 2017 that he was never funny in the first place.
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January episodes - all great conversations. Never the usual book talk.
Please subscribe, listen, and review.
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT is presented by @thewalrus.ca
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WHAT HAPPENED NEXT is presented by @thewalrus.ca
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February 1, 2026 at 5:07 PM
January episodes - all great conversations. Never the usual book talk.
Please subscribe, listen, and review.
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT is presented by @thewalrus.ca
thewalrus.ca/podcasts/wha...
Please subscribe, listen, and review.
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT is presented by @thewalrus.ca
thewalrus.ca/podcasts/wha...
January episodes - all great conversations. Never the usual book talk.
Please subscribe, listen, and review.
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT is presented by @thewalrus.ca
thewalrus.ca/podcasts/wha...
Please subscribe, listen, and review.
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT is presented by @thewalrus.ca
thewalrus.ca/podcasts/wha...
February 1, 2026 at 5:07 PM
January episodes - all great conversations. Never the usual book talk.
Please subscribe, listen, and review.
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT is presented by @thewalrus.ca
thewalrus.ca/podcasts/wha...
Please subscribe, listen, and review.
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT is presented by @thewalrus.ca
thewalrus.ca/podcasts/wha...
Among its many other strengths, the opening theme music for BLUE LIGHTS lasts all of about 3.5 seconds. Very much in keeping with the "lets get down to business" feel of the show.
(Though it does make you think you're in for something a little more narratively hi-octane.)
(Though it does make you think you're in for something a little more narratively hi-octane.)
Blue Lights opening titles
YouTube video by The Morrison Studio
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January 31, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Among its many other strengths, the opening theme music for BLUE LIGHTS lasts all of about 3.5 seconds. Very much in keeping with the "lets get down to business" feel of the show.
(Though it does make you think you're in for something a little more narratively hi-octane.)
(Though it does make you think you're in for something a little more narratively hi-octane.)
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When you look at the Wikipedia of an old white guy whose books you read in college there is an unfortunately high probability it will look like this
January 31, 2026 at 4:53 PM
When you look at the Wikipedia of an old white guy whose books you read in college there is an unfortunately high probability it will look like this
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When they say Me Too "went too far," they mean "got too close."
January 31, 2026 at 4:25 PM
When they say Me Too "went too far," they mean "got too close."
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SCTV is on Internet Archive if you'd like to enjoy the early work of Catherine O'Hara and her fellow sketch comedy gods.
S1: archive.org/details/sctv...
S2: archive.org/details/sctv...
S3: archive.org/details/19-m...
S4-5: archive.org/details/66-s...
S6 + Cinemax: archive.org/details/sctv... #TVSky
S1: archive.org/details/sctv...
S2: archive.org/details/sctv...
S3: archive.org/details/19-m...
S4-5: archive.org/details/66-s...
S6 + Cinemax: archive.org/details/sctv... #TVSky
January 31, 2026 at 4:32 PM
SCTV is on Internet Archive if you'd like to enjoy the early work of Catherine O'Hara and her fellow sketch comedy gods.
S1: archive.org/details/sctv...
S2: archive.org/details/sctv...
S3: archive.org/details/19-m...
S4-5: archive.org/details/66-s...
S6 + Cinemax: archive.org/details/sctv... #TVSky
S1: archive.org/details/sctv...
S2: archive.org/details/sctv...
S3: archive.org/details/19-m...
S4-5: archive.org/details/66-s...
S6 + Cinemax: archive.org/details/sctv... #TVSky
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When anyone from SCTV dies it’s like 30 people have died. Every character they created was as alive as anyone else you’ve ever met.
January 31, 2026 at 5:58 PM
When anyone from SCTV dies it’s like 30 people have died. Every character they created was as alive as anyone else you’ve ever met.
DREAM OF A WOMAN by Casey Plett
HOW IT WORKS by Myriam Lacroix
Basically any story from HELLGOING by Lynn Coady
HOW IT WORKS by Myriam Lacroix
Basically any story from HELLGOING by Lynn Coady
Quote tweet with a Canadian book that would absolutely kill as a TV series.
I'll start:
RED X by David Demchuk
I'll start:
RED X by David Demchuk
The thing that bothers me so much about Carney's joke about greenlighting the Heated Rivalry show is that it furthers the narrative that it's a needle in a haystack. Anyone who reads Canadian books and watches Canadian film knows that we could have dozens more HRs with enough funding.
January 31, 2026 at 3:18 PM
DREAM OF A WOMAN by Casey Plett
HOW IT WORKS by Myriam Lacroix
Basically any story from HELLGOING by Lynn Coady
HOW IT WORKS by Myriam Lacroix
Basically any story from HELLGOING by Lynn Coady
BLOOD SPORTS by Eden Robinson
Quote tweet with a Canadian book that would absolutely kill as a TV series.
I'll start:
RED X by David Demchuk
I'll start:
RED X by David Demchuk
The thing that bothers me so much about Carney's joke about greenlighting the Heated Rivalry show is that it furthers the narrative that it's a needle in a haystack. Anyone who reads Canadian books and watches Canadian film knows that we could have dozens more HRs with enough funding.
January 31, 2026 at 3:17 PM
BLOOD SPORTS by Eden Robinson
Graphic novel division:
DUCKS by Kate Beaton
THIS ONE SUMMER by Mariko and Jillian Tamaki
TWO GENERALS by Scott Chantler
DUCKS by Kate Beaton
THIS ONE SUMMER by Mariko and Jillian Tamaki
TWO GENERALS by Scott Chantler
Quote tweet with a Canadian book that would absolutely kill as a TV series.
I'll start:
RED X by David Demchuk
I'll start:
RED X by David Demchuk
The thing that bothers me so much about Carney's joke about greenlighting the Heated Rivalry show is that it furthers the narrative that it's a needle in a haystack. Anyone who reads Canadian books and watches Canadian film knows that we could have dozens more HRs with enough funding.
January 31, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Graphic novel division:
DUCKS by Kate Beaton
THIS ONE SUMMER by Mariko and Jillian Tamaki
TWO GENERALS by Scott Chantler
DUCKS by Kate Beaton
THIS ONE SUMMER by Mariko and Jillian Tamaki
TWO GENERALS by Scott Chantler
BEAR by Marian Engel.
Six-episode limited series. Re-titled: HEATED BESTIALITY
Six-episode limited series. Re-titled: HEATED BESTIALITY
Quote tweet with a Canadian book that would absolutely kill as a TV series.
I'll start:
RED X by David Demchuk
I'll start:
RED X by David Demchuk
The thing that bothers me so much about Carney's joke about greenlighting the Heated Rivalry show is that it furthers the narrative that it's a needle in a haystack. Anyone who reads Canadian books and watches Canadian film knows that we could have dozens more HRs with enough funding.
January 31, 2026 at 3:12 PM
BEAR by Marian Engel.
Six-episode limited series. Re-titled: HEATED BESTIALITY
Six-episode limited series. Re-titled: HEATED BESTIALITY
Remarkable thing about O'Hara - she almost always took big swings in her work, threw herself into roles, went huge when she needed to, and sometimes even when she didn't.
But there is likely not a human alive who, hearing her name, thinks: "Oh, her? Not for me."
But there is likely not a human alive who, hearing her name, thinks: "Oh, her? Not for me."
January 30, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Remarkable thing about O'Hara - she almost always took big swings in her work, threw herself into roles, went huge when she needed to, and sometimes even when she didn't.
But there is likely not a human alive who, hearing her name, thinks: "Oh, her? Not for me."
But there is likely not a human alive who, hearing her name, thinks: "Oh, her? Not for me."
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I think I'm going to stay off of the Internet today because the death of Catherine O'Hara is a really quite sad.
It's a cliche to say the good ones go first, but wow did the world just lose a very bright light.
It's a cliche to say the good ones go first, but wow did the world just lose a very bright light.
January 30, 2026 at 6:46 PM
I think I'm going to stay off of the Internet today because the death of Catherine O'Hara is a really quite sad.
It's a cliche to say the good ones go first, but wow did the world just lose a very bright light.
It's a cliche to say the good ones go first, but wow did the world just lose a very bright light.
Catherine O'Hara.
A Kiss At The End Of The Rainbow from A Mighty Wind
YouTube video by JaMora
youtu.be
January 30, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Catherine O'Hara.
What an awful year this is.
Yep. Confirmed. Shit.
variety.com/2026/tv/news...
variety.com/2026/tv/news...
January 30, 2026 at 6:28 PM
What an awful year this is.
January 30, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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Hey friends, can I ask you all to give our @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social Crowdfundr a look? Any amount helps us with our workspace renovation plans, if you're not able (which I understand!), if you could share the link that would be amazing. Love you all! 🤗🧡 👻📚
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Little Ghosts Books Workshop Space
Little Ghosts Books horror bookstore & community hub is looking to expand its space by renovating our back garage into a studio to host our workshops, book clubs, and author events.
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January 27, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Hey friends, can I ask you all to give our @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social Crowdfundr a look? Any amount helps us with our workspace renovation plans, if you're not able (which I understand!), if you could share the link that would be amazing. Love you all! 🤗🧡 👻📚
crowdfundr.com/littleghosts...
crowdfundr.com/littleghosts...
“I can’t go out. I will go out.” Samuel Beckett, if he owned a border collie
January 30, 2026 at 12:55 PM
“I can’t go out. I will go out.” Samuel Beckett, if he owned a border collie